Clarks' CIO
the heart of everything
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Legacy systems aren't the real blocker—legacy thinking is. Clarke's insight that you can work around outdated technology but not around organizational resistance suggests that transformation ROI depends far more on stakeholder mindset than infrastructure spend.
Metric proliferation creates misalignment faster than technical debt does. Clarke emphasizes keeping core metrics to three universally understood measures; beyond that, you lose organizational clarity and accountability.
Stop designing for channels and start designing for customer behavior. Rather than forcing omnichannel orthodoxy, Clarke's approach is to meet customers where they naturally shop and remove friction across all touchpoints simultaneously.
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is here to talk about the digital transformation that he and his team went through in a very short period of time, not moving the deadline and always on budget, which is very impressive. That was the largest transformation of his career. He's very proud of it and he's our award-winning CIO now and his team is very proud as well. Just like myself.
Simon Clarke, Inside Clarks' Bold Digital Transformation at the heart of everything
Clarks' CIO
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